I WISH to alert anyone who needs to use a disabled parking bay at the Royal Blackburn Hospital.

If all disabled bays are taken you can go into pay and display parking and park in a normal bay or a mother and child bay if you need the extra space.

On entry, take your ticket as normal at the barrier and keep it with you. On your way out present the ticket and your blue disabled badge at the parking desk and they will electronically authorise your ticket.

I found this out by chance whilst in the hospital cafe. There is nothing to notify you of this anywhere, a fact which was confirmed to me by a parking official who then handed me a poor quality photocopied information sheet hidden behind the parking desk.

Nor is any mention made of it in the parking information section of the hospital’s website.

Those of you fortunate enough to still have reason to use Burnley General or any other hospital for that matter, should check. I apologise to anyone who has to pay (which I do when not taking my mother to visit my father) because no doubt if this letter has an effect on the money raked in, then the prices will go up.

Although any shortfall could be lessened if they properly policed the drop-off point which is heavily abused.

ANDREW, Burnley (via email).